migrant women in the United Arab Emirates

Table 3:
Changes in the private sector jobs according to employment sector, type of institutions and nationality
Types
Nationals Non-nationals (migrant workers) Total
1985 1995 % of
change
1985 1995 % of
change
1985 1995 % of
chang
e
Owner/employer M 3’867 5’166 33.5 10’722 19’696 83.6 14,589 24’862 70.4
F 20 56 180 227 775 241.4 247 831 236.4
T 3’887 5’222 34.3 + 10’949 20’471 87+ 14,836 25’693 73.2 +
Independent business M 4’123 2’114 48.7 - 32’127 47’495 47.8 36’250 49’609 36.8
F 25 20 20.0 - 196 1’967 903.5 221 1’987 799.1
T 4’148 2’134 48.6 - 32’323 49’462 53.0+ 36’471 51’596 41.5 +
Employee M 3’752 3’650 2.7- 325’945 736’957 126.1 329’697 740’607 124.6
F 284 807 184.2 43’176 108’643 151.6 43’460 109’450 151.8
T 4’036 4’457 10.4 + 369’121 845’600 129.1+ 373’157 850’057 127.8+
Private establishment M 6’458 8’475 31.2 285’486 938’790 228.8 291’944 647’265 121.7
F 140 633 352.0 11’225 47’896 326.7 11’365 48’529 327.0
T 6’598 9’108 38.0 + 296’711 986’686 131.4+ 303’309 695’794 129.4 +
Other establishment M 131 162 23.6 3’064 5’306 73.1 3’195 5’468 71.1
F 79 127 60.7 568 771 35.7 647 898 38.8
T 210 289 37.6 + 3’632 6’077 67.3+ 3’842 6’366 65.7
No establishment + Private
services
M 5’153 2’293 67.1 - 80’244 160’052 99.4 85’397 162’345 90.1
F 110 123 11.8 31’806 62’718 97.1 31’916 62’841 96.9
T 5’263 2’416 54.1 - 112’050 222’770 98.8+ 117’313 225’186 92.0 +
Total M 11’742 10’930 6.9 368’794 804’148 118.0 380’536 815’078 114.2
F 329 883 168.4 43’599 111’385 155.5 43’928 11’268 155.6
T 12’071 11’813 2.1- 412’393 915’533 122.0+ 424’464 927’346 118.5+
Source: Ministry of Planning, Statistics Department, 1986–1997.
When it comes to education, table 4 represents another telling story of the United
Arab Emirates work force and its pattern of educational development. In this table the
percentage change of educated men and women in the work force is calculated for
nationals and non-nationals. As a result one could see that nationals in the work force are
improving qualitatively in terms of education in comparison with non-nationals.
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